Ironing table



1930. J. E. KALGREN 1,772,100

IRONING TABLE Filed Feb. 13. 1928 2 Sheets-Shee l [b e/#0 r M LWWM Aug. 5, 1930. J. E. KALGREN IRONING TABLE Filed Feb. 13, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 5, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN E. KALGREN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THE It. CLARK CO., OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA moivme TABLE Application filed February 13, 1928.

My present invention provides an extreme ly simple and highly eflicient low cost ironing table; and, generally stated, the same consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The commercial form of the improved ironing table is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indi cate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved ironing table;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the table looking upward at the same; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The complete ironing table comprises an ironing board 4, rear legs 5 and oblique leg 6 and a brace arm 7. The rear legs 5 are connected by bolts or rivets 8 pivoted to the down-turned ears 9 of a metallic hinged bar or member 10 that is riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the bottom of the rear end portion of the board 4. The oblique leg 6 is a bifurcated member made up of two bars,

the lower ends of which are brought together and rigidly tied together by a rivet 11 or other suitable device. The spread upper ends of the bars that make up this oblique leg 6 are pivotally connected to the hinged lugs 9 by the hitherto noted pivot bolts or rivets 8, but are located on the inner sides of said lugs, whereas the lugs 5 are located on the outer side of said lugs. The rear legs 5 have a downward spread and are tied together by tie slats 12 so that they move pivotally together as a complete rear leg structure.

The brace arm 7 is also a bifurcated member and is made up of bars which at their spreading ends are pivotally connected to the rear legs 5 by rivets or bolts 13. The free ends of the bars that make up said brace 7 are brought quite closely together and are tied together by a short tie bar 14. At the inter- Serial No. 253,866.

sions 6 that stop against the bottom of the board 4. Preferably, however, yielding abutments, such as rubber buttons 16, are inter- I posed betwen the ends 6 and the board, being, as shown, secured to the bottom of said board. The free ends of the brace bars 7 are beveled and have an interlocking engagement with a shoulder formed on the bottom of the board 4 by a lock cleat 17 rigidly secured to said board.

With the construction described, when the board 4 is set in an upright position on its large end and the leg structures are released they will drop into operative positions except that a slight force will be required to spring the free ends of the brace bars 7 into interlocking engagement with the look cleat 17. When the parts are set up, as shown in the drawings, the stop bar 15 on the brace 7 will engage the oblique leg 6 and force the same down as far as it will go, thereby putting the yielding abutments 16 under compression and the yielding action of these abutments and in the supporting structures themselves will keep the free end of the brace 7 securely interlocked with the cleat 17. The brace 7, of course, firmly supports the rear legs 5 in upright or approximately vertical positions. When the supporting structure is to be folded up against the board, it is only necessary to spring the free end of the brace out of engagement with the cleat 17 and then to press the leg structure into flat ar+ rangement against the bottom of the board. The ironing table thus folded will occupy very little space. The bifurcation and spreading of the leg 6 and the brace arm 7 gives the board-supporting structure very considerable lateral rigidity as well as a rigid vertical support for the board.

What I claim is An ironing table com rising an ironing board, rear legs and an oblique leg pivoted to the rear end of said board, means to cause said oblique leg to have a limited downward movement in respect to said board, and a brace pivotally connected to the rear legs and having detachable interlocking engagement with the front end of said board, said brace having a stop member intermediate of its ends engageable with the top of said oblique leg and slidable therealong to maintain the board in working position under compressive forces applied to the brace.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signa- V ture. JOHN E. KALGREN. 

